Anyone know what kind of switchblade this is?
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Anyone know what kind of switchblade this is?
I have a old switchblade I have had for many years, it is very u ique I. That it doesn't have a spring steel spring and it firing mechanism seems to be in the bolster. I seen one last year sell for quit a bit of money, and itlf I remember right it said Frank B but it doesn't look like any Frank B I have ever seen. Here are a few pics
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Re: Anyone know what kind of switchblade this is?
The blade has INOX and what appears to be 303***?
Re: Anyone know what kind of switchblade this is?
Looks French made to me, I haven't seen one quite like it but has most characteristics of a French knife.
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Re: Anyone know what kind of switchblade this is?
I say French as well.
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Re: Anyone know what kind of switchblade this is?
Not familiar with it, but on SD forums it is the knife pictured with his screen name "jerryd25". Maybe 5his will help. Love the knife... Taz
Re: Anyone know what kind of switchblade this is?
It’s a Spanish made copy of a French pattern. The two French models are leaf spring fired while this is coilspring fired. The French models are very well made with a heavy nickel silver top bolster. One has a rectangular button and a sliding safety. The other had a somewhat oval button that pivots to the side to act as a safety. They are the 9th and 10th pictures down on this page of my website http://www.autoknife.info/French_1.html
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Re: Anyone know what kind of switchblade this is?
I found this switchblade in a box of busted up knives at a knife show. I bought it mainly just to reverse engineer. It looks pretty old. The spring for the button is broken and I don't see any evidence of a locking mechanism. The one remaining handle doesn't appear to be bone and it looks original but slapped on.I cannot find a manufacturer's name or mark on the blade. Does anyone have a best guess at how old it might be or who would have made it? Would it have had a locking mechanism or would the button spring (now missing) have been so strong that it took enough pressure to open the blade that it would have been the safety?
Re: Anyone know what kind of switchblade this is?
Looks like a pic lock and I don't think it was until the late 50's or early 60,s when they switched to a swivel bolster release. Pics. of the Tang stamp would help.
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Re: Anyone know what kind of switchblade this is?
I've looked all over the blade and there is no tang stamp. I cannot find any markings.
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Re: Anyone know what kind of switchblade this is?
It's a pre-1960 picklock. The handle is cow horn, not bone.
There was an "L" shaped safety, held in place by the front scale, that slid under the button
There was an "L" shaped safety, held in place by the front scale, that slid under the button
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Re: Anyone know what kind of switchblade this is?
Thank you. I'm excited about disassembling it and putting it back together.